Hi, just a short update 'cos Internet connection time is precious!
I left London and went to a farm in Italy near to a city called Carmagnola. Carmagnola is in the Piedmont region and its capital is Turin (Torino in Italian). I worked on a farm for a week herding unfenced sheep, bringing out the pony, donkeys and horses, and mucking up horse stalls.
The most fun part of the working farm stint was making salami from scratch! Saw a pig being slaughtered - a very bloody affair. Anyway, I spent my 29th birthday on the farm making salami on 14 Nov. Yes, it's my last year of having the '2' in front of my age. Anyway, I hope being surrounded by food on my birthday will mean I'll never ever be for want of food!
Am now in Turin, and am going to head to Bologna in a few days. After that no plans yet. I'm just winging it as I go along. Actually it's a very stressful way of travelling but oh well, c'est la vie! I just haven't been organised enough!